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DOE awards more than $145M for advanced solar technologies under SunShot Initiative

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Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9 The first accelerates development of new technologies from concept to commercial viability. And is President Obama using stimulus funds to reward his political contributors? SunShot Incubator: Four projects to receive $5.8

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Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

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The $787-billion stimulus bill (HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that emerged from the joint House-Senate conference committee this week provides funds for a large range of transportation-related projects. 20 million for geologic sequestration training and research grants.

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Battery Innovation Center opens in Indiana

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In addition, the BIC has significant government partners including NSWC Crane and Argonne National Lab. The BIC is a critical affiliate of Argonne’s Lead Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR).

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Chrysler Disbands ENVI Electric Vehicle Group; Function Absorbed into Traditional Line Organization

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At the North American International Auto Show in January 2009, Chrysler had introduced two new EV concepts and updates on three earlier EV concepts developed by the ENVI group. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC.

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Capstone C30 Microturbine Integrated Into Electric Ford S-Max as Range Extender

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Langford Engineering will be marketing and demonstrating the plug in hybrid vehicle in hopes of further developing this concept with a suitable automotive partner who could commercialize the product for US use and capitalize on a portion of the Obama administration’s $2.4

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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

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Aurica is trying to obtain Federal economic stimulus funding to convert NUMMI to electric car manufacturing, but is also open to private financing. The PEP station concept is not compatible with the Better Place system. Planned production would be 5,000 cars in the first year of production, moving up to 50,000+ within three years.

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International Battery Large-Format Li-ion Cells Chosen by SC Electric for First Community Energy Storage System

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Community Energy Storage is a concept for distributed energy storage initiated by AEP. AEP Ohio’s gridSMART Demonstration Project, funded in part by $75-million Department of Energy (DOE) stimulus funding, will be deployed to 110,000 AEP Ohio customers in northeast central Ohio.